Thursday, August 21, 2008

Back to school time!!






I am completely blown away by the fact we have been in Colorado an entire year!! Time definitely has flown. And on that note, it's hard for me to believe Brady is starting 8th grade - wow! This time next year, I will be driving him to the high school every morning which I hear is all kinds of fun... hopefully we can get a carpool going!


We still have a long list of things to see in Colorado and in the next year, I hope we can make some check marks on that list! It sounds like we may go to Winter Park over Labor Day weekend if we can find someone not leaving town to watch Chloe.


Speaking of Chloe, I am ready for her to get of the 'roids! For those of you that don't know, she had a wonkie allergic reaction a couple of weeks ago. Her little face puffed up twice it's normal size and she had some scary bruising on her body. After a doggie ER visit and two-day stay with an internist (and of course lots of $$), her skin biopsy revealed - surprise - an allergic reaction! Sheesh, glad we paid that $400 to hear that news. The good news is it was nothing she needs to be treated for long term. They had put her on some steroids which make her very hungry, thirsty and annoying!! People are generally amazed that she is not a barky little doggie but she sure has been while on the 'roids!! Today is the last day and I am glad!


The kids are doing well in their first week of school. Brady likes all of his classes, including Spanish, and is on the eighth grade football team. Go AC Coyotes!! He molded his mouth guard last night and has a new cup so that is big and exciting news here. Unfortunately he still has the early lunch (essentially brunch - 10:47 a.m.) but this year all eighth graders are in there. Baylie has a "man teacher" this year - Mr. Geraghty. She really wanted him and even though none of her closest friends are in her class, she is excited. She reminded me that last year at the start of school, she knew next to nobody, so was okay with her situation this year. In third grade, they mixed classes daily for math groups etc. so she knew all the third graders - even those in different classes. Baylie will be starting Spanish in September one morning a week over at the school, so with both kids involved, I guess I better brush up on my Espanol :) Also, Baylie wants me to note that she has a planner ("agenda" as they were called at Bay View) in fourth grade!! She is working on being very organized this year!! (She is already organized. Last year... pigsty.... written by Miss Baylie Mae)!!




Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Happy 9th Birthday, Baylie!!

Hard to believe my baby is 9 already!!! We went to Hibachi for her birthday and watched the amazing cooks toss knives and make onion volcanoes and such!!! She had her birthday party at the Rec Center pool and it was crazy fun!!!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Summer!!






Wow is summer moving fast! The kids received their supply lists etc. from the school yesterday, so guess it's time to think about all of that again - wow! I can't believe Brady will start 8th grade and Baylie in 4th... our time here has been fast and action packed!! Summers here are pretty hot... in the 90s almost daily so far in July - God bless air conditioning and the neighborhood pool! Baylie is excited for her upcoming birthday. We just returned from a great trip to WA and again loved seeing everybody! JW and I had fun at my class reunion and cutest Chloe had a ball at the "pet resort" while we were gone... here are some pics!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

No more pencils, no more books.........

Today is the last day of school....... unbelievable!! I don't think I can remember a year going faster!! The kids both had a great school year and I am so thankful..... We are looking forward to our visit from Gramma Elva and the Wolfes as well as our trip back to WA in July!!


Here are some photos from our Memorial Day camping trip... Brady loved canoeing and I loved the vault toilets (NOT)!!
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day and etc. (recently updated)...








I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day... I did!! After being served a latte in bed, I had a homemade breakfast and then spent some time at the pool with Baylie!! For dinner, we went to my favorite restaurant, P.F. Changs - - - yummmmmm!!

Below are some pics of our recent activities!!


Chloe, my work assistant!! :/
Brady's Zoo Field Trip



Take Your Child to Work Day!



Colorado History Celebration!!







Field Day!!



Honor Student!!


Alice in Wonderland play



Tuesday, April 15, 2008

More pics and info





Soooo, I haven't written about our Spring Break and visitors yet!! We had a great time and hope everyone else did as well!

The Schwabs arrived the Friday our break started after a turbulent flight :/ It was very windy that day but the sun was shining and the kids immediately went over to the school to play. Saturday morning, we headed south to Colorado Springs to visit the zoo and Focus on the Family. As you can see from my previous pics, it snowed on us at the zoo!! We endured for an hour or so and then as it started to come down harder, we headed to the car. It was amazing to be that close to giraffes! They like to eat crackers out of your hand :) After a yummy Italian lunch, we went to Focus on the Family but got there about two hours until closing, so our time was limited. The kids (except Baylie!) enjoyed the very, very long and slippery slide that extended one floor down! That night, we got ready for Easter and watched the Cougs win!! Sunday, we took the Schwabs to our church and happily, the kids loved it! Dalton got a bunny sticker!! Don and JW took the kids over to the Rec Center playground that afternoon with the bikes. That evening, the four adults took a drive to look at some new developments in the area.

Meanwhile over these couple of days, the kids had been working on a very involved and entertaining video, which we all watched.....they also diligently worked on some sandcastle building over at the school Kindergarten playground and went back and forth to check on things.

Monday, JW went back to work and the rest of us went to Boulder to look around. We ate at the Cheesecake Factory and picked up some cupcakes (see pics below). That evening, we went to Dave and Busters for some dinner and vids... what great prizes the kids got with their tickets :/ A direct quote from JW regarding Dave and Busters, "You might as well take a $50 bill and flush it down the toilet!" The kids had fun though....... Tuesday, Kerri and I hit the mall and the kids and Don hung out. We said goodbye to the Schwabs about 5:00, the same time Zach and Kayla's plane was pulling in!

Brady and Zach went to an Avalanche game and Kayla, Baylie and I went and saw Horton Hears a Who, we went to the Flatirons Mall once or twice, ESPN Zone, and Boulder. And, they helped us pick out Chloe and her name!!

Here are some pics of Baylie playing soccer and Brady playing basketball.....

Monday, April 7, 2008

Some more pics from our visitors!


Kenzie and Baylie at the Cupcake Store in Boulder...



ESPN Zone

Kayla and cutest Chloe!!